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ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT HEAD BEING INTIMIDATED? - NEWSPAPER
July 03, 2013 | 06:47
YEREVAN. - News was spread that former head Tigran Virabyan of the
village board of Armenia's Ararat Region was detained, Haykakan
Zhamanak daily reports.
"His name is linked to the subsidized diesel fuel scandal, at whose
center is NA [i.e., National Assembly] Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan.
"Making public that 48,000 liters of the 700,000 liters of the
subsidized diesel fuel allocated to Mkhchyan village of Ararat Region
was allocated to the brother of the NA speaker, the Finance Ministry
Control Inspectorate had sent the results of the inspections in this
and in three more regions to SIS [i.e., Special Investigation Service],
where a criminal case was opened in connection with the misuse.
"SIS spokesperson Mikayel Aharonyan, however, neither confirmed nor
denied the news about the detainment of the [former] head of the
village board.
"In all likelihood, an attempt is made in this way to caution the
NA speaker, the rumors about whose potential dismissal have become
active," Haykakan Zhamanak writes.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: A. Papazian
July 03, 2013 | 06:47
YEREVAN. - News was spread that former head Tigran Virabyan of the
village board of Armenia's Ararat Region was detained, Haykakan
Zhamanak daily reports.
"His name is linked to the subsidized diesel fuel scandal, at whose
center is NA [i.e., National Assembly] Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan.
"Making public that 48,000 liters of the 700,000 liters of the
subsidized diesel fuel allocated to Mkhchyan village of Ararat Region
was allocated to the brother of the NA speaker, the Finance Ministry
Control Inspectorate had sent the results of the inspections in this
and in three more regions to SIS [i.e., Special Investigation Service],
where a criminal case was opened in connection with the misuse.
"SIS spokesperson Mikayel Aharonyan, however, neither confirmed nor
denied the news about the detainment of the [former] head of the
village board.
"In all likelihood, an attempt is made in this way to caution the
NA speaker, the rumors about whose potential dismissal have become
active," Haykakan Zhamanak writes.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: A. Papazian